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"Earliest Ancestors"

Per FamilySearch

Earliest mitochondrial ancestor (maternal clan)

• Pope - Strenke (1923) - Richard (1902)
• Demers (1875) - Bosse (1853) - Roy dit Lausier (1823)
• Senechal (1787) - Therioux (1759) - Cormier (1722)
• Leblanc (1683) - Hebert (1656) - Lefranc (1613, France, d. in New France after 1686)

Earliest Y-Chromosome ancestor (paternal clan)

• Carol "Casey" Kies - Jesup, IA
• Nicholas Kies - Kehlen, Luxemburg, b. 1807 and his son, Peter, b. 1842, to Iowa in 1857 via Sheboygan, WI
• Petrus Kies - Kehlen, LUX - b. 1768
• Peter Kies - Luxemburg - b. c. 1710

• Johann Jacob Kiess - Pleiningen to Schegen vs Remich, LUX d. 1762 -
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen,_Luxembourg (Schengen is the far SE corner of LUX where France, Germany, and LUX meet)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remich (Remich is a few miles north of Schengen, both on the west bank of the Moselle River)
    • In 1687 the Remich' town fortifications were demolished by the army of Louis XIV.
• Georg Kiess - Moehringen, Neckerkreis/Biberach, Wurttemberg, b. 1633 - there is a Moehringen in Unlingen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlingen which is along the Danube River in the northwest part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biberach_(district) just a few miles from Riedlingen
• Conrad Kiess - Moehringen, Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, b. 1601 - one of the parts of Stuttgart is also called Moehringen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart-M%C3%B6hringen (district just to the west of Pleiningen)
• Johannes Kies - Pleiningen, Stuttgart, Wurttemberg - m. 1600, d. 1628 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plieningen
• Konrad Kiess - Moehringen, Neckerkreis, Wurttemberg, b. 1556 - ? https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Neckarkreis vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
  • Alternate Genealogist, has Hans Konrad with parents Johann "Hans" Kiess 1519-1592 and Margarita Neuffer 1532-1589), siblings Veit, Georg, Hans der Junger
  • Johan "Hans" - b. Moehringen, Neckarkreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (died same place)
  • Married in 1555, Möhringen, Neckarkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • Margarita Neuffer - Born 22 November 1532 - Münsingen, Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
  • https://gw.geneanet.org/trebor1352?lang=en&pz=michael+neil&nz=mcnulty&p=konrad&n=kiess
• Hans Kiess B: c. 1530 Moehringen (?), Riedlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, D: 1592 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riedlingen village on the Danube River

So 1530-c. 1700 in Wurttemberg (at least 270 yrs). Then c. 1700-1857 in Luxembourg (about 150 yrs). Then 1857-present in Iowa/Wisconsin (over 150 yrs).

National Origins

• 62.5% Germanic
  • 25% Luxembourg (Kies + Schaefer, paternal GGPs, Catholic)
    • 6.25% West Prussian (Schmidt/Schmidt, Church of Christ)
    • 6.25% Hesse Darmstadt (Neuman/Arnold, Lutheran? +/-Seimons 4xGGF French-speaking Alsace 1.5%)
    • 6.25% German (Farni, Catholic)
    • 6.25% Pomeranian (Strenke, maternal GGPs, ?)
• 25% English (Pope, maternal GF, a 3xGGM and a 4xGGM w/ Dutch surnames, ? some Scots-Irish per family lore?)
• 12.5% French-Canadian (Richard, maternal GGPs, Catholic)

Immigrations

Kies - PGF - Kehlen, Luxembourg (1854, via Sheboygan, WI like brothers?)

• Schanck - Luxembourg (ditto)
• Miller/Muller - Luxembourg (1851, via WI)
• Machen - ditto?

Schmidt - GGM - West Prussia (1881, on the "Australia")

• Schmidt - ditto (Schmidt's spouse also a Schmidt)
• Neuman - Hesse Darmstat (1861)
• Arnold - ditto
• Siemens - France? (before 1860)

Schaefer - PGM - Luxembourg (1847, via Canada)

• Kauten - Luxembourg (1866)

Farni - GGM - Germany (1839, via Ohio)

• Schmitt - Alsace (1847)
• Weis - ditto

Pope - MGF - Southern England (by 1642 marriage, John Pope)

• Clark - ?

Swinson - GGM - Canada (by 1868 birth of child) - England (before 1849 birth of child)

• Smith - ?

Strenke/Strünke - MGM - Prussia (1890, via New York)

• Wolters - GGM - ditto

Richard

• Richard - GGM - Canada (between 1881-1894) <- France (1652, Michel Rene Richard dit Sansoucy 1630 & Andre (mother/step-mother left in France? died before they left?))
  • 4th GGP (4th-great-grandparents on Richard line):
  • Babineau - after c. 1660 birth of child in France, Joseph Antoine Babineaux and Louise Bourdages
  • Leblanc - before 1645 marriage, France, Daniel LeBlanc 1623 and Francoise Gaudet 1623
  • Leger - before 1693 marriage, presumably France, Jacques Léger dit LaRosette 1668?
  • Demers/Dumais - before 1654 marriage, France, Jean Demers 1633 and Jeanne Voidy 1637
  • Beaucage/Baillargeon - 1648, France - Mathurin Baillargeon 1626 and Marie Metayer 1631
  • Bosse/Bassie - before 1762 marriage, France - Jean-Baptiste Bossé 1734 and Marie-Madeleine Pelletier 1732 (but her parents are 2nd generation Quebecois so was born on a trip back to France?)
  • Roy - before 1668 second marriage, France - Antoine Roy 1635 and Marie Major 1637

Other Interesting Ancestors

Missing Mothers

• Mary Weiss Schmitt - 1st wife of Johan Schmitt, died in 1855 in Dubuque, grave site unknown
• Susan E. Hope - mother of Mary Ann Hope Vandenberg, unknown birth/death/lineage
• Maria B. Lyons - d. 1866, a few months after her son, Julius Bertram Pope, was born

Kies line (Valentine Joseph)

• James Leroy Kies - Peace Corps to Sierra Leone, rescuer of 1854 pioneer home
• Valentine Joseph Kies (1877-1956) - a charming rascal, gambled away the farm
• Peter Kies - immigrant
• Elizabeth Miller - immigrant, cousin (?) of her husband, Peter Kies
• Nicholas Kies - immigrant, 2 brothers named Nicholas, one settled in Sheboygan, WI and one in Dubuque, IA
• Suzanna Mueller - immigrant, related to her dau-in-law, Elizabeth Miller

Schmidt line (Amanda Bertha)

• Amanda Bertha Schmidt (1900-1949) - young marriage, many children, premature death
• Rheinhold Herman Schmidt 1879-1962 - immigrant, not happy about daughter's marriage?
• Louisa Mary Neuman 1884-1956 - not happy about daughter's marriage? looks like 16 yo when Amanda was born?
• Julius August Schmidt 1852-1909 - immigrant
• Bertha A. Seaman 1860-1928 - immigrant
• Heinrich Neuman 1859 - immigrant
• Phillip Simmons/Seimons - immigrant France
• Mary Weaver - immigrant Germany

Schaefer line (Joseph Peter)

• Joseph Peter Schaefer 1882-1963
• John Nicholas Schaefer 1847-1925 - immigrant
• Anna Mary Kauten 1851-1944 - immigrant

Farni line (Mary Helena)

• Joseph James Farni (1845) - orphan?
• Mary Weis (1818-1855) - immigrant, grave lost in early Dubuque
• Johan Schmitt (1822-1900) - immigrant, came over on same ship as the family of his 2nd wife, cousins?
• Mattias Farni 1809-1901 - immigrant, facsimile of passenger list
• Margaret ? Farni 1811-1882 - ditto

Pope line (Bertran Arthur, Sr.)

• Judith Christine Pope - 1st in family to go to college, first female at her college to take welding class
• Bertram Arthur Pope, Jr. - WWII veteran of war in Europe, "radio operator" in family lore but was actually a forward observer, worked in the "C's" before the war, vivid memories of moving to the Wisconsin woods as a teenager - hunting deer and "booing" away bears
• Bertram Arthur Pope, Sr. - left railroad job during the Depression and moved young family to northern WI

Wisconsin

Jacob Henry Clark 1845-1907 - Black River Falls pioneer/entrepreneur

• Signet "Sidney" Clark - Black River Falls pioneer/inventor

Mary Ann Hope 1829-1892 - living in New Oregon Township, Howard County, Iowa in the 1860 census (p. 4) with spouse, John D. Vandenberger, and namesake daughter

• Howard County history from Andreas Atlas - http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/howard/history/howard.txt
  • S. M. Cole, postmaster and hotel owner per above, on page 2 of 8 of the 1860 census of "New Oregon Village"
  • W. R. Mead, co-founder of Iowa Plaindealer per above, on page 1 of the 1860 census of above.
  • Mssrs. Windsor (Jno p4 "village"), Sabin (LD p3 "village") and Clemmer (Clenmen? vs. moved out?) founded the first church in New Oregon per above.
• 1875 Howard County Andreas Map
  • http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/27981/Howard+County/Iowa+1875+State+Atlas/Iowa/
  • https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~22130~720030:Map-of-Howard-County,-State-of-Iowa
    • J. Ferrie Sr, sxn 7, NW part of township around Fravel's place - 1860 Census has John Ferrie 1816 Prussia p10 New Oregon Township, John Ferrie 1843 New York (ditto), Joseph Ferrie 1856 New York (ditto).
    • L.F. Emmons, sxn 32 - 1860 Census L.F. Emmons 1821 Connecticut p12 ibid.
    • Geo Morse, sxn 9 & 16, north central - 1860 Census Geo Morse 1816 Connecticut p12 ibid.
    • J.C. Bartholomew, sxn 24, east side - 1860 Census John C. Bartholomew 1847 (13 yo) Illinois, New Oregon Village in household of N.B. Bartholomew
    • S.M. Cole, sxn 10 & 11 - 1860 Census S. M. Cole p2 New Oregon Village
    • Mrs. A. Welch, sxn 12, east side - 1860 Census Ann Welch 1833 Canada, w. of John Welch 1823 Ireland, p3 of New Oregon Township.
    • S.A. Converse, sxn 12, SE corner - not in 1860
    • J.F. Petzinowsky, sxn 12, SE corner - not in 1860.
• Cornelius Hope - living in New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa in the 1860 census (p. 5 New Oregon Township) with son, Reubon; above daughter nearby
  • descended from Cpt Francis Drake (New Jersey, below) via Rebecca Compton, mother, and Sarah Conkling Dunham, grandmother).

Maryland

• John P. Compton 1638-1718 - immigrant, Sir

Massachusetts

• Ann Alcock 1617-1692 - m. Andrew Foster, condemned of witchcraft in Andover, Mass., died in prison
• Paul McPherson 1689 - immigrant from Scotland but died in France?
• Isobel McIntosh 1643 - ditto
• Samuel Damon 1656-1724 - served in Narragansett War
• George Flint 1652-1720 - Welsh? but probably English, "Sergeant" - confused with Revolutionary War veteran?
• Rebecca Gibson 1635-1681 - got tangled in her parents accusations of a neighbor of witchcraft
• John Gibson 1601-1694 - Sir, accused neighbor of witchcraft, abandoned his Scottish fortune for his strict Presbyterianism
• Thomas Burnap 1530-1691 - "Major"

New Jersey

• Adam Hope 1741-1821 - 7th GGF, "Captain", Revolutionary War, an early settler of Hunterdon, New Jersey with Nehemiah Dunham
• Nehemiah Dunham 1721-1802 - 8th GGF, Revolutionary War, early settler of Hunterdon, New Jersey with Adam Hope, his son-in-law; Commissioner

John A Drake 1655-1741 - Reverand

• Francis Drake 1615-1687 - immigrant from England, Captain, founder of the Jersey Blues
  • William Drake 1564-1625 - Admiral Sir?, brother of Sir Francis Drake
    • Robert Drake 1528-1600 - Lord of Wiscombe, father of Admiral William Drake and Sir Francis Drake
      • John Drake 1502-1558 - Lord of Musbury, grandfather of Admiral William Drake and Sir Francis Drake
    • Amy Grenville 1504-1577 - Lady, supposedly descended from Henry I of France, mother of Admiral William Drake and Sir Francis Drake

John Sparks Martin 1619-1687 - immigrant, Massachusetts thence to New Jersey

• John Martin 1575-1621 - Captain of the Mayflower

Thomas Roberts 1600-1674 - immigrant, "Governor"

Swinson line (Vinez Lulu)

• Vinez Lulu Swinson - not living with husband (Bertram Pope, Sr.) at end of life, buried separately
• Robert Swinson 1858 - immigrant from Canada
• William Swinson 1825-1910 - immigrant from England

Strenke line (August Henry)

• Francis Bernice Strenke - award for label idea packaging medicines for WWII

Richard line (Charlotte)

• Pesseley - Major Isaac Pesseley 1604 (10th GGF - Richard -> Babineau -> Gadereau -> Pitre -> Pesseley)

• Lejeune - alleged to be MicMac, but mitochondrial DNA says otherwise
  • Edmee Aimee LeJeune 1624 - sister of below, 9th GGM x2 on Richard line, x3 on LeBlanc line, 11th GGM on Roy line
  • Catherine Jeanne LeJeune 1633 - sister of above, 11th GGM on Leger line

History Timeline

Thirty Years War - 1618-1648

The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) devastated the city of Stuttgart,[49] and it would slowly decline for a period of time from then on.[25] After the catastrophic defeat of the Protestant Heilbronn League by the Habsburgs at Nörlingen in 1634, Duke Eberhard III and his court fled in exile to Strasbourg, abandoning the Duchy to looting by pro-Habsburg forces. The Habsburgs once again had full reign of the city for another four years (c. 1634-38), and in that time Stuttgart had to carry the burden of billeting the pro-Habsburg armies in Swabia. Ferdinand III, King of the Romans, entered the city in 1634 and, two years later in 1636, once again attempted to re-Catholicize Württemberg.[50] The next year, the Bubonic plague struck and devastated the population.[51] The Duke returned in 1638 to a realm somewhat partitioned to Catholic factions in the region, and entirely ravaged by the war. In the Duchy itself, battle, famine, plague and war reduced the Duchy's population of 350,000 in 1618 to 120,000 in 1648 – about 57% of the population of Württemberg.[52] Recovery would be slow for the next several decades, but began nonetheless with the city's first bookstore in 1650 and high school in 1686. (Wikipedia)

Acadian Civil War (1635-1654)

fought between competing governors. Governor Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour (a Protestant) had been granted one area of territory by King Louis XIV, and Charles de Menou d'Aulnay (a Catholic) had been granted another area. The divisions made by the king were geographically uninformed, and the two territories and their administrative centres overlapped. The conflict was intensified by personal animosity between the two governors, and came to an end when d'Aulnay successfully expelled la Tour from his holdings. D'Aulnay's success was effectively overturned after his death when la Tour married D'Aulnay's widow in 1653 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadian_Civil_War

• Pope - by 1643 - Southern England

• Leblanc - France (c. 1645) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_LeBlanc_(settler)

• Richard - bef. 1652 - from France (1652, Michel & Andre (mother/step-mother left in France? died before they left?))
  • Demers/Dumais - Normandy France (before 1658)
  • Bosse/Bassie - Normandy France (before 1662)

King Philip's War (1675–78)

• members of Pope line fought in Battle of Narraganset

Remich, Lux, demolished (1687)

In 1687 the Remich' town fortifications were demolished by the army of Louis XIV.

• Johann Jacob Kiess & Anna Breuning moved from Pleiningen, Wurttemberg to Schengen, Remich, LUX by 1700

Siege of Port Royal - 1710

Port Royal conquered by England as part of Queen Anne's War - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)

Deportation of the Acadians - 1755, 1758

Between six and seven thousand Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia to the lower British American colonies. Some Acadians eluded capture by fleeing deep into the wilderness or into French-controlled Canada. The Quebec town of L'Acadie (now a sector of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) was founded by expelled Acadians

After the Siege of Louisbourg (1758), a second wave of the expulsion began.

After 1764, many exiled Acadians finally settled in Louisiana, which had been transferred by France to Spain at the end of the French and Indian War. The demonym Acadian developed into Cajun, which was first used as a pejorative term until its later mainstream acceptance.

Britain eventually moderated its policies and allowed Acadians to return to Nova Scotia. However most of the fertile former Acadian lands were now occupied by British colonists. The returning Acadians settled instead in more outlying areas of the original Acadia, such as Cape Breton and the areas which are now New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

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By 1755, the descendants of Daniel and Francoise LeBlanc had created the largest family in Acadia. Le Grand Dérangement (The Great Expulsion) of the 1750s scattered this huge family to the winds. Since most of the LeBlancs lived in the Minas settlements, dozens of them fell into the hands of the British in the fall of 1755 and ended up on ships bound for Maryland, Virginia, and other English colonies down the Atlantic seaboard. Many LeBlancs were exiled to France and then about 1785, along with Acadian families carrying other surnames, left aboard ships for then Spanish Louisiana; some of these LeBlancs gave testimony in France to a Catholic Priest who carefully recorded their oral testimony of who their ancestors were (since the Catholic and Civil records were unavailable, destroyed, or lost due to their mistreatment by the British authorities). LeBlancs were among the first families of Acadia and some of the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_LeBlanc_(settler)

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My Richard ancestors spent several generations in Richibuctou, New Brunswick after the expulsion.

• Jean Baptiste Richard (1718-1796) and Francois Girourard (1722-1803) , 6th great-grandparents - were born in Port Royal, Nova Scotia but ended up in Richibuctou. Five of their children were born in Acadia up to Marie in 1764. Their final child, Francois, was born in Richibuctou in 1770. Marie and Francois married Allain siblings.
• Joseph Richards and Felicite Gaudet/Goudet (5th great-grandparents) also were born in Port Royal, Nova Scotia but ended up in Richibuctou along with their many children. All their children were born in Nova Scotia, but got married in Richibuctou and most are documented to have died there. Four of their children married four Babineau siblings.

Rene Richard 1688 (Rene, Michel, Andre) uncle of Jean Baptiste Richard (1718-1796) was born 1688 in Port Royal, Acadia, and died December 26, 1776 in Quebec, Canada.

Rene Richard (Rene, Michel, Andre) was born 1688 in Port Royal, Acadia, and died December 26, 1776 in Quebec, Canada. He married Marguerite Theriot daughter of Claude Terriot and Marie Gautrot on January 12, 1711/12 in Port Royal, Acadia. Children of Rene Richard and Marguerite Theriot include Marie Josephe Richard, born 1713 in Port Royal, Acadia who married Paul LeBlanc October 06, 1732 in Port Royal, Acadia.

He married Marguerite Theriot daughter of Claude Terriot and Marie Gautrot on January 12, 1711/12 in Port Royal, Acadia. Witness: Rene Richard, Marguerite Terriot, Michel Richard, Pierre Lanque Acadian Church Records Volume III Port Royal 1702-1721 Register of Baptism, Marriages and Deaths of the parish of St. Jean Baptiste of Port Royal beginning in the month of Sept 1702.

Rene and Marguerite were deported to Massachusetts in 1755, and rejoined other members of the family in Quebec after 1766. Later they came to Becancour, QC.

Rene escaped deportation (?) and finally reached Becancour, where he died in 1776.

• per Family Search

Revolutionary War - 1776-1783

Simeon Pope (1761-1848) - In 1779, the Weare soldiers, mustered by Col. Moses Kelley 20 July 1779, included Simeon Pope who "lived in Henniker" (would have been 18 yo)

War of 1812

Farni- Germany (1839, via Ohio)

Mexican-American War - 1846-48

• Schmitt - Alsace (1847)
• Weis - ditto

• Schaefer - Luxembourg (1847, via Canada)

• Siemens - France? (before 1860)

• Kies, Nicholas & Peter - Kehlen, Luxembourg (1854/1857, via Sheboygan, WI like brothers?)
  • Schanck, Anna Marie - Luxembourg (ditto)
  • Miller/Muller, Elizabeth - Luxembourg (1851, via WI)
  • Machen - ditto?

Civil War

Calvin W. Pope, Sr (1821-1883) - gap in children between 1862-1866, but 40 yo at start of war

• • Neuman - Hesse Darmstat (1861)
  • Arnold - ditto

• • Kauten - Luxembourg (1866)

• • Clark - ?

• Swinson - Canada (by 1868 birth of child) - England (before 1849 birth of child)

• Smith - ?

• Schmidt - West Prussia (1881, on the "Australia")
  • Schmidt - ditto (Schmidt's spouse also a Schmidt)

• Richard between 1881-1894 - from Canada to US (between 1881 Candadian Census-1894 WI Marriage)

• Strenke/Strünke - Prussia (1890, via New York)
  • Wolters - ditto